London: Christopher Barker, nd. (1599). Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Octavo. There is no title page because these were printed to be put in the Geneva translation of the Bible as a concordance. There are several editions. This was printed by Christopher Barker [Printer to her majesty the Queen], and not one of his deputies. Therefore would have had to be printed by or before 1599 when Barker died. All editions until 1615 have the date 1578 on the second leaf, as this copy does. Rebound in a most handsome period binding; title label says "Hervey's Tables" rather than "Herrey's Tables". Digital photos are available. Near Fine binding.

Imprinted by Edm. Bollifant, 1599. 2 works (the second in 2 parts) in one vol., woodcut printer's device on both titles and part title (McKerrow 293 and 305), the Dictionarie printed in 3 columns within rules, the Grammar mainly in black letter, the Dialogues with parallel texts in double columns, first few leaves browned at top edge, and the title a little stained, a few spots and stains here and there and occasional minor browning, some water-staining at the very end, a little worming in the lower margins, pp. [viii], 391; [viii], 84; [iv], 68, folio in 6s, modern calf, contrasting lettering pieces on spine, by Period Binders, annotated throughout in a mid- to late seventeenth-century English hand (more profusely in the first quarter, but nonetheless throughout), and with various ownership inscriptions (see below), good. First edition of Minsheu's glorious augmentation of Percyvall. 'Having settled in London as a language teacher, Minsheu [who was described as a rogue by Ben Jonson] compiled a Dictionarie in Spanish and English (1599), which was published together with a Spanish grammar and dialogues. They were all based on two textbooks of Spanish by Richard Percyvall, entitled Bibliotheca Hispanica (1591), the lexicon of which Minsheu considerably augmented. He refers to hostility towards his work in certain quarters, but ensured the grant of a licence to print by applying successfully to the archbishop of Canterbury. The printers set to work, so hurriedly that Minsheu, who had retired to the country 'upon necessitie' (Dictionarie), was given no opportunity to read the
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Venice: Gio. Battista Ciotti, 1599. 4to., (8 x 5 7/8 inches). Vignette title-page, one engraved plate of a compass rose, five maps, and 26 vignettes, including two printed in sanguine. Contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript on the spine (skillfully rebacked preserving the original spine, 2 pairs of ties renewed). First Italian edition, first published in Dutch by Cornelius Claez in 1598, and an immediate bestseller. A truly ripping account and extensively illustrated text make it clear why. ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING AND HARROWING TALES OF MAN VS. NATURE. Peppered throughout are graphic depictions of bear attacks, the cannibalizing of an entire ship to build a bear-proof shelter, and grueling portages over ice and frozen wastes. De Veer's account of Barentz's three voyages attempting to discover a Northeast Passage, is a major work of arctic exploration. Illustrated with magnificent maps of the area, and with fine plates depicting the trials and tribulations of the three voyages and Berentz' over-wintering on the remote and inhospitable Nova Zembla. In the late 15th century Portuguese navigators discovered a sea route to Asia, and immediately caused other nations to covet their exclusive and lucrative trade in rare and exotic spices such as pepper, cloves, and nutmeg. Eventually an alternative route to the Indies around the Cape of Good Hope was established in 1597 but not before the Dutch had made three attempts to find a Northeast Passage to Asia. The first Dutch expedition to Asia left from the island of Texel in June 1594. Willem Barentsz commanded two ships which
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Venice: Gio. Battista Ciotti, 1599. 4to., (8 x 5 7/8 inches). Vignette title-page, one engraved plate of a compass rose, five maps, and 26 vignettes, including two printed in sanguine. Contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript on the spine (skillfully rebacked preserving the original spine, 2 pairs of ties renewed). First Italian edition, first published in Dutch by Cornelius Claez in 1598, and an immediate bestseller. A truly ripping account and extensively illustrated text make it clear why. ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING AND HARROWING TALES OF MAN VS. NATURE. Peppered throughout are graphic depictions of bear attacks, the cannibalizing of an entire ship to build a bear-proof shelter, and grueling portages over ice and frozen wastes. De Veer's account of Barentz's three voyages attempting to discover a Northeast Passage, is a major work of arctic exploration. Illustrated with magnificent maps of the area, and with fine plates depicting the trials and tribulations of the three voyages and Berentz' over-wintering on the remote and inhospitable Nova Zembla. In the late 15th century Portuguese navigators discovered a sea route to Asia, and immediately caused other nations to covet their exclusive and lucrative trade in rare and exotic spices such as pepper, cloves, and nutmeg. Eventually an alternative route to the Indies around the Cape of Good Hope was established in 1597 but not before the Dutch had made three attempts to find a Northeast Passage to Asia. The first Dutch expedition to Asia left from the island of Texel in June 1594. Willem Barentsz commanded two ships which
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Ingolstadii: Ex typographia Adami Sartorii, 1599. 1st edition (Adams G-1239; VD16 G-3221). [20], 541, [3] p. Errata, p. 542. Final 2 pages blank. Printer's device to t.p. Head- tailpieces. 8vo: *^8 2*^2 A - 2L^8. 6-1/4" x 4" [15.8 cm x 10.4 cm]. Period full vellum binding with 2 [of 4] cloth ties. Red edgestain. General wear & soiling to binding. Unobtrusive stain to lower half of textblock, with old paper reinforcement to lower portion of title leaf. Early signature to t.p., inked out. Tear to *8 [no loss]. Paper/printing defect G4r. Withal, a solid VG copy. Item #33487 This Gretser's important Apologia on Life of Ignatius Loyola, one of the most fascinating hagiographies ever written on the Jesuit order founder, describing how he [Loyola] would drive away Satan, who appeared in "a shining and glistening form" with his staff, like a "troublesome cur." It also describes Loyola's great humility, living amongst the poor. Gretser's Apologia is a massive defence of the great saint, filled with reference to other great saints, including early Orthodox fathers such as Gregory of Nazianzenus, Latin fathers like St. Augustine and Jerome, as well as English Catholic martyrs killed during Henry VIII's Reformation. Gretser himself, then as now, was/is regarded as one of the most prominent Jesuit theologians. "He was recognized as one of the best controversialists of his time, and was highly esteemed by Pope Clement VIII, Emperor Ferdinand II, and Maximilian I of Bavaria. Some of the greatest of his age, such as Cardinal Bellarmine and Marcus Welser, corresponded with him and consulted
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Ingolstadii: Ex typographia Adami Sartorii, 1599. 1st edition (Adams G-1239; VD16 G-3221). Period full vellum binding with 2 [of 4] cloth ties. Red edgestain. General wear & soiling to binding. Unobtrusive stain to lower half of textblock, with old paper reinforcement to lower portion of title leaf. Early signature to t.p., inked out. Tear to *8 [no loss]. Paper/printing defect G4r. Withal, a solid VG copy.. [20], 541, [3] p. Errata, p. 542. Final 2 pages blank. Printer's device to t.p. Head- tailpieces. 8vo: *^8 2*^2 A - 2L^8. 6-1/4" x 4" [15.8 cm x 10.4 cm]. This Gretser's important Apologia on Life of Ignatius Loyola, one of the most fascinating hagiographies ever written on the Jesuit order founder, describing how he [Loyola] would drive away Satan, who appeared in "a shining and glistening form" with his staff, like a "troublesome cur." It also describes Loyola's great humility, living amongst the poor. Gretser's Apologia is a massive defence of the great saint, filled with reference to other great saints, including early Orthodox fathers such as Gregory of Nazianzenus, Latin fathers like St. Augustine and Jerome, as well as English Catholic martyrs killed during Henry VIII's Reformation. Gretser himself, then as now, was/is regarded as one of the most prominent Jesuit theologians. "He was recognized as one of the best controversialists of his time, and was highly esteemed by Pope Clement VIII, Emperor Ferdinand II, and Maximilian I of Bavaria. Some of the greatest of his age, such as Cardinal Bellarmine and Marcus Welser, corresponded with
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Frankfurt: Matthes Becter, 1599 ENGRAVED PLATE FROM VOLUME III OF DE BRY'S 'LITTLE VOYAGES' OF THE EAST INDIES Documenting Linschoten's Voyages (Contined from Vol. II), Cornelis de Houtman's Voyage to the East Indies (1595-1597), and Gerrit de Veer's Journal of Three Dutch voyages to reach the East Indies by the North (1594- 1597). WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EARLY 17TH-CENTURY GERMAN HAND-COLORING, HEIGHTENED IN GOLD. The caption to the map "A cidade de Angra na Ilha de Iesu xpo da Tercera" indicates that the map gives a bird's eye view of the city of Angra on the island of Terceira. Terceira is one of the Azores islands. One of the two Latin scrolls reads "Auctor Ioannes Hugonius A. linschoten. a:o 1595". Angra was Jan Huygen van Linschoten's home for two years. After his stay in the Indian city of Goa, Van Linschoten set out for Europe with a Portuguese return fleet in 1588. One of the ships was wrecked off the Azores in 1591. Van Linschoten was given the task of staying behind to protect the cargo. At the request of the Portuguese governor of the islands, Dom Christovão de Moura, he made a map of the city. Van Linschoten's map of Angra is the oldest known drawing of the city. We see Fort St. Sebastiano on the headland at the right and the estates sprawling over the hills of Terceira like patchwork, to the remarkable giant's feet on the bottom left with which the city seems to be greeting u
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[Frankfurt]: Theodorici de Bry viduae & filiorum, 1599. 2 parts bound in one volume, folio. (13 1/8 x 9 inches). [2],78; 99pp. The first letterpress title with integral engraved vignette of a double hemisphere world map, 18 half-page engraved plates, each with descriptive letterpress text beneath, versos blank, 1 folding engraved map of north-eastern South America. (Leaves expertly washed and pressed). Bound to style in limp vellum, half morocco and cloth slipcase. The circumnavigations of Drake and Cavendish, and Raleigh in search of El Dorado, with important maps The first edition, in Latin, of Part VIII of De Bry's Grand Voyages, here in the third issue, but without the two extra in-text maps on pages 78 and 3. This volume contains relations of six different voyages, by Drake, Cavendish, and Raleigh, with a map and illustrations never before published. These accounts describe Drake's famous circumnavigation of the world and Caribbean raids, Cavendish's circumnavigation, and the famous search for El Dorado. The three voyages of Sir Francis Drake recounted here are of the greatest importance. The first is a description of the famous voyage of circumnavigation of 1577-80, only described in print up to that time by Hakluyt, here based on the account of Nuno da Silva. Drake's Caribbean raid of 1585-86 is also reported, based on the account of Walter Bigges, as well as the final voyage of 1595-96, directed against the Spanish at Panama. This is the first extensive account of the last voyage, during which Drake died off Panama, and it is evidently based directly
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Naples: Stigliola, 1599. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to., (4) ff., 147 pp., 1 large folding plate [70 x 24 cm] signed by Domenico Fontana, backed on linen. Woodcut blasón on title-page. Bound in modern marbled paper over boards. Some toning, and minor discoloration to join of plates, but generally good.Very rare first edition of the funeral exequies held in Naples for Philip II of Spain, containing a large folding engraving of the baroque mausoleum designed for the occasion by Domenico Fontana, who with della Porta had completed St. Peter's Cathedral after Michelangelo's death. The engraving depicts both the façade and floor-plan of the mausoleum: a hexagonal tabernacle of Corinthian columns surrounding a central bier, with emblems painted on the base, entablature and modillions, and a dome that bears a striking resemblance to St. Peter's cupola, which Fontana had completed less than a decade before. Unlike contemporary catafalques, which were usually built from wood and painted with trompe l'oeil 'sculpture', Fontana's mausoleum was more than an occasional piece: Caputi states clearly that while some of its elements were finte di marmo (faux marble), others were of true colored marble or marmo gentile. Prior to discussing the monument's lavish ornamentation, the author also treats the proportional design of its arches, dome, pilasters, columns etc. The presence of a floor-plan, and Fontana's inclusion of functional ornament such as the cupola lantern (adapted from his design for St. Peter's), indicate that the present
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Stigliola, Naples 1599 - 4to., (4) ff., 147 pp., 1 large folding plate [70 x 24 cm] signed by Domenico Fontana, backed on linen. Woodcut blasón on title-page. Bound in modern marbled paper over boards. Some toning, and minor discoloration to join of plates, but generally good. Very rare first edition of the funeral exequies held in Naples for Philip II of Spain, containing a large folding engraving of the baroque mausoleum designed for the occasion by Domenico Fontana, who with della Porta had completed St. Peter¿s Cathedral after Michelangelo¿s death. The engraving depicts both the façade and floor-plan of the mausoleum: a hexagonal tabernacle of Corinthian columns surrounding a central bier, with emblems painted on the base, entablature and modillions, and a dome that bears a striking resemblance to St. Peter¿s cupola, which Fontana had completed less than a decade before. Unlike contemporary catafalques, which were usually built from wood and painted with trompe l¿oeil ¿sculpture¿, Fontana¿s mausoleum was more than an occasional piece: Caputi states clearly that while some of its elements were finte di marmo (faux marble), others were of true colored marble or marmo gentile. Prior to discussing the monument¿s lavish ornamentation, the author also treats the proportional design of its arches, dome, pilasters, columns etc. The presence of a floor-plan, and Fontana¿s inclusion of functional ornament such as the cupola lantern (adapted from his design for St. Peter¿s), indicate that the present monument was also a work of some architectural ambition. The plan is sometimes fo
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Ingolstadii:: Ex typographia Adami Sartorii,. 1599.. 8vo: *^8 2*^2 A - 2L^8. 6-1/4" x 4" [15.8 cm x 10.4 cm]. 1st edition (Adams G-1239; VD16 G-3221). [20], 541, [3] p. Errata, p. 542. Final 2 pages blank.. Period full vellum binding with 2 [of 4] cloth ties. Red edgestain.. General wear & soiling to binding. Unobtrusive stain to lower half. of textblock, with old paper reinforcement to lower portion of title. leaf. Early signature to t.p., inked out. Tear to *8 [no loss].. Paper/printing defect G4r. Withal, a solid VG copy.. This Gretser's important Apologia on Life of Ignatius Loyola, one of the most fascinating hagiographies ever written on the Jesuit order founder, describing how he [Loyola] would drive away Satan, who appeared in "a shining and glistening form" with his staff, like a "troublesome cur." It also describes Loyola's great humility, living amongst the poor. Gretser's Apologia is a massive defence of the great saint, filled with reference to other great saints, including early Orthodox fathers such as Gregory of Nazianzenus, Latin fathers like St. Augustine and Jerome, as well as English Catholic martyrs killed during Henry VIII's Reformation. Gretser himself, then as now, was/is regarded as one of the most prominent Jesuit theologians. "He was recognized as one of the best controversialists of his time, and was highly esteemed by Pope Clement VIII, Emperor Ferdinand II, and Maximilian I of Bavaria. Some of the greatest of his age, such as Cardinal Bellarmine and Marcus Welser, corresponded with him and consulted him in their difficulties." [
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London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599 [1633/1639?]. As. Hard Cover. Good. Vol I: [1], 61. VOl. II: 62-121, [1]. 8vo. Title, Cont: "Translated out of Greeke by Theod. Beza: With briefe Summaries and expositions upon the hard places by the said Author, Ioac. Camer and P. Leseler, Villerius. Englished by L. Tomson. Together with the Annotations of Fr. Junius upon the Revelation of S. Iohn. Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most Excellent Maiestie. 1599." No prelims present. Title page, as in Herbert 1599, is the 24-compartment woodcut frame, with the tents of the 12 tribes on the left, figures of the 12 Apostles on the Right, inner corners of the four Gospel authors, with the symbols of the Dove and Angus Dei, the lamp, and two open books. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. At the base of the cut is a line of music. A preliminary leaf has a page of notes from "the printer to the diligent reader." Verso of this leaf is "The description of the holy Land conteining the places mentioned in the foure Evangelists...." above a map with a legend below. The Book of Matthew starts on p. 3 and text block goes through p. 61b. Pages 62-121b are in a second cover. Page 110b, which precedes the Book of Revelation, contains a chart "The Order of Time." These two volumes appear to have been hand-bound in a set of trimmed leaves, which was then sewn with cord, and bound in boards covered with marbled paper, with spine and all edges bound with once-ivory vellum. Covers are soiled and warped with trim in various stages of disin
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Strassburg: Rihel, 1599. Decorative stamped pigskin over boards. 10cm x 16 cm. 215 leaves plus 11 leaves index probably missing a leaf of the index. An attractive herbal with many hand colored woodcuts. Born Gualtherus Rivius, Walter Hermann Ryff was trained as an apothecary's apprentice in Mecklenburg before he became municipal physician of Strasbourg. Well known as a compiler and plagiarist he popularized many scientific works. His name is associated with more titles and subjects (distilling, anatomy, surgery, architecture, mathematics, dentistry, domestic medicine and cookery) than one human could have possibly have authored. As a distributor of knowledge to the masses he deserves more credit than he has received in the past. He greatly facilitated the transfer of what was then specialized or 'secret' knowledge to the growing number of lay people or scholars who were outside that trade. He was a prolific editor and one of the greatest titles he brought out was the first German edition of Vitruvius. One citation reports that his general deportment was so unsavory that he had great difficulty remaining for long in any particular community. All 16th century editions of this herbal are rare. Pigskin binding in good condition with two metal clasps incomplete and corresponding leather straps broken. Very Good. No Jacket. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

London [actually Amsterdam]: Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most Excellent Maiestie [actually J.F. Stam], 1599. Hardcover. Very Good. Wood-engraved title, vignette on 2nd title, several illustrations in text including situation of garden of Eden and maps. Quarto calf with gilt central lozenge and remains of brass & leather clasps (spine repaired with shaped leather sewn through boards and blind-tooled with large initials W A and date 1792, corners damaged and tips lacking leather) end-papers defective with inscription on front and on rear "William Allen the gift of his Bibel Bramton Grdon Dillingham Esquire At Grundisburgh Hall January 5 1787". Collated complete except for 1 missing blank page. First title within woodcut frame, 2nd title (no frame) (both with margins defective & lacking small piece of print at top, repaired with facsimile) +[2],190 leaves (OT 1st part); 127 leaves (OT 2nd part), lacks [1]blank leaf; New Testament title within woodcut frame +121 leaves +[11] leaves Tables, with colophon dated 1599; Title to The Booke of Psalmes +[8]+93+[11]pp partially paginated, 2 leaves bound out of order. *The Geneva version of the Old Testament, translated by Whittingham, Gilby, Sampson and others (without the Apocrypha as in almost all copies of this edition), with Tomson's revision of the Geneva version of the New Testament and his version of the Junius translation of Revelation. The imprint and 1599 date are probably false: actual printer's name and place as conjectured by STC 2175(1986 edn.) and Herbert 248 (with which this c
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Rutger Velpius, Brvxelles, 1599. First and only edition, 4to, pp. [8], 551, [2]; title within woodcut border, printer's device on verso of final leaf; lexicon in triple column; title-p. with waterstain, last 40pp. with waterstain in the margins; front cover is missing, contemporary vellum spine and back cover present; preserved in a new clamshell box with leather label on spine. 3 copies in OCLC (none in North America); not found in Brunet; not in Vancil; Adams H-987; Zaunmuller, col. 369. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

ONOSANDER Onosandri. The General. 'The earliest military treatise wherein so much stress is laid upon the commander's duties, the morale of the troops, the ethical side of warfare' (Sarton) Very popular in the Renaissance and translated into the major European languages. Editio princeps of the original Greek text, published with a Latin translation by Nicolas Rigault, French Royal Librarian

Onosander. Onosandri strategicos. Sive de Imperatoris Institutione. Accessit Ourbikiou Epitededeuma. Nicolaus Rigaltius P. nunc primum e vetustis codd. Graecis publicavit, Latinâ interpretatione & notis illustravit. Paris, Estienne Prevosteau for Abraham Saugrain & Guillaume des Rues, 1599 (end of part II, dated : December 1598). 2 parts in 1 volume, 4to. 19 + [1 blank] + 161 + [1 blank]p + [4]f + 69p. Greek, roman & italic letter. Greek and Latin texts printed in parallel columns to a page; titles in red & black with engraved vignettes; commentary illustrated with 6 fine large woodcuts (3 full-page) of siege engines; numerous fine decorative initials and typographical ornaments. Contemporary vellum with calligraphic title lettering on spine; early library stamp in tailend title margin. Editio princeps of the original Greek text, published with an annotated Latin translation by Nicolas Rigault (Rigaltius 1577-1654), a distinguished French classical scholar, who succeeded Casabon as Royal librarian in Paris. Onosander (Onesandros), a pedantic Greek philosopher of the first century A.D., was the chief authority for the military writings of several Byzantine emperors. His work in 42 chapters, entitled 'The General' explains the broad principles of command, the formation of an army, the preparation for battle, and other aspects of warfare from an ethical standpoint. 'The earliest military treatise wherein so much stress is laid upon the commander's duties, the morale of the troops, the ethical side of warfare' (Sarton). The text became very popular during the Renaissance and wa
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Bertelli, Pietro, 1599. "Malta". Orig. copper-engraving by Pietro Bertelli. Published in "Theatrum Urbium Italicarum", Venice, ca. 1600. With a coat-of-arms and several ships. 12:17,5 cm.. A birds-eye-view of the city of Valletta. - Rare!

Frankfort am Main: Johann Feyerabends, 1599. Amman, Jost. Small quarto. (iv), (148)ff. First and only edition. Brunet calls this compilation of 293 wood engravings "rare et fort curieux." Amman, whose career flourished after his move to Nuremburg in 1561, succeeded Virgil Solis as artist for the printer Carl Sigmund Feyerabends. Originally intended for instructional use, this book, whose images include costumes, potentates, and emblematic devices, is rarely encountered complete. This is only the second complete copy to appear on the market in over twenty years. Bound in full straight-grain blue morocco, with gilt and blind borders. On both panels is an armorial device featuring a winged griffin beneath a pair of crowns. The armorial device belonged to George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough and Marquess of Blandford, and great-great-grandfather of Winston Churchill. In order to pay off the debts amassed because of unchecked spending, R.H. Evans sold the contents of Spencer-Churchill's White Knights Library in 1819 and 1820. This volume was sold on June 7th, 1819 for one pound and nineteen shillings. Sometime later, it was owned by Henry Huth-his leather booklabel is on the front paste-down. A member of the Philobiblion and Roxburghe Clubs, Huth assembled a collection rich in diversity. He chose only exemplary copies, as he felt that imperfect books were "the lepers of a library." Carefully washed, leaves show only minor soiling and spotting, and the binding exhibits only the slightest shelfwear. A.e.g. Overall, a fine copy of a truly rare book with a fine provena
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[Colophon:] Oldenburg: Heirs of Warner Berendt, 1599., 1599. folio. ff. [43], pp. 494, [16]. engraved title, 1 double-page engraved plate of Oldenburg, 63 engravings in the text (5 full-page, incl. a portrait of the author), 3 double-page genealogical tables, & numerous text woodcuts (2 full-page). woodcut ornaments & initials. A very nice copy, bound in early blind-paneled vellum, overlapping fore-edges (bit rubbed & spotted, 2 short splits in joints, scattered light spotting & browning, occasional marginal dampstains). 2 old ownership entries on title: Otto Hartmann (1627) H.Blome (1755); Blome's bookplate on front paste-down. First Edition of this finely illustrated chronicle of the German principality of Oldenburg by protestant theologian and historian, Hermann Hamelmann. It is the most valuable early printed source for the history of the ancient and noble House of Oldenburg, from which the Emperors of Russia, and Kings of Denmark, and one of the dynasties of Sweden are descended, and is also notable for being the first book printed in Oldenburg. The chronicle was compiled by Hamelmann at the suggestion of the ruling counts, and following his death in 1595, was seen through the press by Anton Hering, who altered some passages, and Hermann Neuwald, who contributed the continuation from 1595 to 1599. The illustrations include half and three-quarter-page engraved portraits of the Counts and Countesses of Oldenburg with their arms, woodcuts and engravings of arms, coins and seals, a full-page engraving of the renowned drinking horn of Oldenburg, a fine double-page engra
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London: G. B[ishop], R. N[ewbery], and R. B[arker], 1599.. [16],27pp. including three woodcut figures in the text (one full-page, one three-quarter page). Small quarto. Modern sprinkled calf, boards and spine gilt. Upper outer joint tender, separating at top and bottom. Bookplates of Boies Penrose on front free pastedown and recto of front free endpaper, modern bookplate on verso of front free endpaper. Titlepage age-toned, slight chips to foredge, old paper repairs at corners (not affecting text). A very good copy. In a half morocco box. First edition in English of Simon Stevin's navigation manual, HAVENVINDING, published the same year as the original Dutch edition and separately printed French and Latin editions. Stevin served as quartermaster- general of the Dutch army and was often consulted on matters of defense and navigation by the government of the Netherlands. A compilation of information on magnetic variation which would assist navigators in determining their position at sea, this English edition was translated by Edward Wright upon the urging of Richard Hakluyt. The translator "explained that he had brought the book out in the hope that it would assist masters engaged on long voyages to find their position by means only of their latitude and variation...It was hoped that instead of guessing, as up till now those not in possession of the information had had to do, and often wrongly...English navigators knowing their variation when in the latitude of St. Helena would be able to say, like the Portuguese, 'I am east, or I am west, of St. Helena because my var
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London: Imprinted at London By the Deputies of Christopher Barker..., 1599. Brown Calf half-leather with marbled boards, binding likely late 18th-early 19th Cent., "Bible/1599" in gilt on spine, 6 narrow gilt (not raised) bands. Leather clean and firm, minor repairs to hinges, but marbled boards quite rubbed. Text block trimmed down from 4to to 8vo, without any loss of text (or printed marginalia). Engraved general title page and New Testament title page lacking, but supplied in matching facsimile; printed general title is present (dated 1599), and original. Repairs to gutter of "How to take profite in reading the Holy Scriptures", affecting text of this and "Names and order of all the Bookes" on the verso. Missing text and numbers neatly restored on matching paper. Text is that of the Geneva version, with Tomson's revision of Beza's New Testament, and Junius's Revelation. Several woodcuts throughout, illustrating Genesis, Ezekiel &c., also a map of the Holy Land preceding the NT. Apocrypha is not present after OT, nor is the Psalter after NT. Publisher's colophon dated 1599 on final page of text after Second Table of "principall Things". This copy is quite possibly one of the "1599" Barker quartos actually printed in the early 17th Cent. in the Low Countries for surreptitious import into England to satisfy a continuing Puritan demand for an alternative to the King James version. 2 bookplates on the f.p.d. and the verso of the f.f.e.p., both ex-libris John Haxton of Markinch. Haxton was a noted Victorian collector of 16th & 17th Cent. English Bibles, which p
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Frankfort am Main: Johann Feyerabends, 1599. Amman, Jost. Small quarto. (iv), (148)ff. First and only edition. Brunet calls this compilation of 293 wood-engravings "rare et fort curieux." Amman, whose career flourished after his move to Nuremburg in 1561, succeeded Virgil Solis as artist for the printer Carl Sigmund Feyerabends. Originally intended for instructional use, this book, whose images include costumes, potentates, and emblematic devices, is rarely encountered complete. This is only the second complete copy to appear on the market in over twenty years. Bound in full straight-grain blue morocco, with gilt and blind borders. On both panels is the armorial device, which features a winged griffin beneath a pair of crowns, of George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough and Marquess of Blandford, and great-great-grandfather of Winston Churchill. In order to pay off the debts amassed because of unchecked spending, R.H. Evans sold the contents of Spencer-Churchill's White Knights Library in 1819 and 1820. This volume was sold on June 7th, 1819 for one pound and nineteen shillings. Sometime later, it was owned by Henry Huth - his leather booklabel is on the front paste-down. A member of the Philobiblion and Roxburghe Clubs, Huth assembled a collection rich in diversity. He chose only exemplary copies, as he felt that imperfect books were "the lepers of a library." Carefully washed, leaves show only minor soiling and spotting, and the binding exhibits only the slightest shelfwear. a. e. g. Overall, a fine copy of a truly rare book with a fine provenance. (Brunet I, 232
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Brvxelles: Rutger Velpius, 1599. First and only edition, 4to, pp. [8], 551, [2]; title within woodcut border, printer's device on verso of final leaf; lexicon in triple column; title-p. with waterstain, last 40pp. with waterstain in the margins; front cover is missing, contemporary vellum spine and back cover present; preserved in a new clamshell box with leather label on spine. 3 copies in OCLC (none in North America); not found in Brunet; not in Vancil; Adams H-987; Zaunmuller, col. 369.

(Oldenburg, Warner Berendts Erben), 1599 - Strassburg, (Bernhard Jobins Erben), 1599. Folio. One contemp. full limp vellum with ties. Blindtooled borders on covers. On front cover in black printing: "C V D A I G G 1600" Ms titles on spine. (86),494,(18) incl. (2) blank and engraved ornamental title. Profusely textillustrated with engravings and woodcuts among them the full-page portrait of the author, a full-page view of Oldenburg, 3 folded genealogical tables and the double-page engraved elevated plan of Oldenburg. Some scattered brownspots, a few quires browned, sometimes slight offsetting from engravings. Printed on thick paper.(Spangenberg:) Title printed in red a.black with large wood-engr. coat of arms. (8),287,(18) pp. Last leaf with printers wood-cut device. Some rather heavy browning to the last quires. Some scattered brownspots. Both works in first edition. Hamelmann's Chronicon is the first book to be printed in Oldenburg (Brunet) and it is the historical source work for the "House of Oldenburg" whose descendents became kings of Denmark and emperors of Russia. - Adams H 30. [Attributes: First Edition]